New ramp at BHP’s Olympic Dam doubles capacity
The Kalta decline is key to reaching the Southern mine area where BHP is mining high grade copper resources.
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Copper price falls despite China’s promise of more ‘economic miracles’
Industrial metal prices tumble as President Xi's defiant speech intensifies trade war fears, offer little on economic stimulus or market reforms.
Constantine boosts resource at Palmer with second deposit
Palmer is a volcanogenic massive sulphide-sulphate joint venture project between Constantine and Dowa Metals and Mining, Constantine owns 51% of the project and is its operator.
Australia federal court narrows BHP’s suits over Samarco disaster
BHP said it expected to record a charge of $650 million in its fiscal 2018 results on account of the failure but the charge was at the lower end of expectations according to analysts.
Nigeria’s first gold refinery plans to triple capacity in five years
Most ore will be sourced locally from various locations including the northwestern states of Zamfara, Kebbi and Kaduna, as well as the central states of Kwara and Niger.
As global equities take a hit, gold miners are doing fine
Until now, gold has played second fiddle to the U.S. currency as investors have sought a safe haven in the face of trade war uncertainty now, we see gold’s appeal firming.
This odd couple plots to save $100B gold mining business
“This is now Mark Bristow’s company and I think John knows that.”
Glencore billionaire among directors banned, fined by Canada
The punishment from the OSC is a response to false accounting from Katanga that saw it overstate how much it mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2014.
Germany’s K+S ups production outlook for Werra potash plant
The Germany-based fertilizer producer raised production outlook as weather-related production stoppages at one of its plant will be shorter than previously thought.
